The Yankees' Hiroki Kuroda pitches during the first inning of Tuesday's game against the Rangers at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Written by

Vincent Mercogliano
| Staff Writer

Once the reality set in that Hiroki Kuroda's no-hitter had been broken up in the top of the seventh, the focus quickly shifted back finding a way to break a scoreless tie.

Elvis Andrus' infield single to leadoff the seventh ended Kuroda's bid for his first no-hitter, but the close call was yet another reminder of how good the right-hander has been in his first season with the Yankees. The problem was a lack of a run support, as the Yankees battled the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night for the best record in the American League.

But in the bottom of the seventh, Nick Swisher delivered with a two-run blast, ...